Insole having cookie for shoes



Jan. 20, 1953 P. G. FLINT ET AL 2,625,751

INSOLE HAVING COOKIE FOR SHOES Filed March 18, 1950 2 SHEETS'-SHEET 1 7/ /IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII/IIII flan. 20, 1953 FLINT ET AL 2,625,751

INSOLE HAVING COOKIE FOR SHOES Filed March 18, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 Patented Jan. 20, 1953 INSOLE HAVING COOKIE- roasnoEs Perley G. Flint and John J. Maguire, Brockton,

Mass., assignors to Field and Flint 00., Brockton, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application March 18, 1950', Serial No. 150,534

Claims. (01. 36-422) Our invention relates to welted shoes and insoles therefor in which the insole is integrally formed at the inner side of its shank portion with an arch supporting cookie.

The invention has among its objects provision of an insole having an attaching lip for the welt and uppers extending about the insole continuously from its heel portion at one side to its heel portion at its opposite side without diminishing the stiffness of the cookie.

The invention, however, will be best understood from the following description when read in the light of the accompanying drawings, while the scope of the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan of a partially complete insole according to the invention, as viewed from that side of the insole which faces the outsole;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the partially completed insole, according to Fig. 1, as viewed from the left;

Figs. 3 and. 4 are, respectively, sections on the lines 33 and 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an isometric view of a fragment of a strip, presenting part of the welt and upper attaching lip, prior to the strip being attached to the insole;

Fig. 6 is a plan of the partially completed insole, according to Figs. 1 to 4, after the strip according to Fig. 5 has been applied thereto;

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a plan of the completed insole;

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 99 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is an isometric view of a fragment of a modified strip, presenting part of the welt and upper attaching lip, prior to the strip being attached to the insole, with parts broken away;

Fig. 11 is a bottom view of a shoe, having the insole according to Fig. 8, with the outsole and filler omitted; and

Fig. 12 is a section on the line l2|2 of Fig. 11 of a fragment of a shoe according to Fig. 11.

Referring to the drawings, the insole l comprises a body portion 3 formed of a sheet of leather or the like, the shank portion of the insole at its inner edge being formed to present a cookie 5 integral with the body portion of the insole. The cookie, as in usual practice, is skived, preferably at its flesh side I if the insole is of leather, to cause it to be of progressively decreasing thickness as its outer edge 9 is approached, the cookie being transversely curved and rendered relatively stiff by a known wetting, pressing and baking operation, such curvature permitting it readily to be bent for conforming to the last during the lasting operation.

As shown, the insole from the forward end of its heel portion ll at its outside edge I3 to its shank portion forward of the cookie at its inside edge llis split inwardfrom said edges, as indicatedat I9,.and the material above the split bent upward to form a rib 2i. At the opposite side of the rib 2| from the split indicated at I9 the insole is split at 23 and the portion above that split bent upward to form a second rib 25 coextensive with .and resting against the rib 2|, these two ribs together forming a welt and upper attaching lip 21.

From the end of the lip 21 at the inner side of the insole to the forward end of the heel portion at that side extends a strip 29 (Figs. 5 and 6), of fiexible'leather or the like, presenting a lip 31 which at its base portion isprovided with the laterally extending fianges33, these flanges being relatively thin and being skived at one of their sides-35 to cause them to present the relatively'sharp outer edges 31. This strip is preferably formed of an elongated piece of leather of rectangular cross-section which is cut away inwardly from one longitudinal edge thereof and skived to leave the material for the flanges, after which the flangesare spread apart so that they may be applied to the insole. This strip is applied to the insole by cementing to the latter the flanges 33, thelstrip extending across the portion of the insole adjacent the base of the cookie so that the lip 3! forms a continuation of the lip 21, thus providing a'welt and upper attaching lip adjacent the edge of the insole extending from the forward end of the heel portion at the outer side of the insole around the toe portion to the forward end of the heel portion at the inner side of the insole.

By the construction described it will be noted that the insole is not channeled or otherwise cut away adjacent the base portion of the cookie to form part of the welt and upper attaching lip, thus causing the cookie to be relatively rigidly connected to the body of the insole. It has been found that attempts to form the lip by channeling the insole across or adjacent the base portion of the cookie renders the attachment between the cookie and the body of the insole unduly flexible, thus acting to diminish or destroy the effectiveness of the cookie in respect to its supporting the arch of the foot.

After the lip 21 is formed, and the strip 29 having the lip 3| is applied to the insole, a textile sheet 39 may be cemented to the insole in the space embraced by the lips, this strip being bent upwardly at its edges, as indicated at 4|, (Figs.

- 8 and 9) to lie against the lips, to which lips it is cemented. This sheet acts to reinforce the lips both in the respect that it makes them more rigid and in that it acts to prevent the inseam stitches from cutting the lips and in that way pulling out of them. Also the sheet acts further to secure the strip 29 to the insole.

As shown, there is applied to the cookie a. cookie stifiener 43 which preferably-is formed of a sheet of fabric of woven material, such as thick cotton cloth, impregnated with a non-tacky stifi'- 3 andv rendered tacky by dipping the stiifenerinto' a ening substance which may be softened suitable mulling solution, such"-"stiffener,,for; example, being that described in United stat'es pat ent to J ohn J. Maguire 2,422,027, iSSued Jime- 1 0,-

1947. The stiffener after it is mulled-and before it dries may be applied to the cooki to cause it to be cemented thereto and to the upper'side:

of the adjacent flange 33 of the strip 29. After it dries the stiffener. again becomes non-tacky and stiff. Preferably the edge of the stiffener ad'-' jacent the lip 3| is bent upward. while soft and tacky to form a flange 45 which being cemented to the lip stiffens it. As the stifiener iscemented to the strip 29v it further acts to secure that strip to the insole.

The shoe having the insole above. described is lasted in the usual manner, the inseam stitches 47, which secure the uppers 49' and welt 5| to the insole, passing through the lips 21 and 3| as shown in Fig. 10, the space between the lips being filled with a suitable filler 53 and the outsole 55 being secured to the welt by the outseam stitches 51.

Instead of using the strip 29 shown by Fig. 5, there may be substituted for it. the strip shown by Fig. 10. This latter strip, as shown, comprises an elongated strip-like member 59, of generally rectangular cross-section, preferably of leather. Bent around and cemented to the upper longitudinal edge 6| of the member 59 and its opposite lateral sides 63 is a second. elongated strip-like member 65 preferably of flexible textile material,

the member 65 being of such width as to. formthe lateral flanges 61 correspondingto the flanges 33 of the strip 29 shown by Fig. 5, which flanges may be cemented to the body of the insole.v

It will be understood that within the scope-of the appended claims wide deviations. may bev made from the forms. of the invention described without departing from the spirit. of the invention.

We claim:

1. An insole having a body portion formed of a single piece of leather extending throughout the entire extent of the insole and defining: the;

thickness of the insole throughout such extent, which body portion comprises a cookie integral therewith and joined thereto for the entire thickness of said piece of leather, a welt-and-upperattaching-lip integral with said body portion extending from adjacent the forward end of the heel portion at the outside edge portion of the,

insole about the toe portion and terminating at the shank portion forward of the cookie at the inside edge portion of the insole, an elongated strip of inverted T-shaped transverse cross-section. extending from the end of said lip. at the.

inside edge portion of the insole across the portion of the insole at the base of the cookie to adjacent the forward end of the heelportion, which strip presents an upstandingflange constituting a welt-and-upper-attachingelip forming a continuation of the first mentioned lip and presentsv at the. lower edge. of. said. flange: opp.o-,

sitely projecting lateral flanges resting on said body portion, said lateral flanges being cemented to said body portion for rigidly securing said strip thereto.

2. An insole according to claim 1 in which the strip is of leather and the upstanding and lateral flanges presented by -said strip are integral with each other.

3. An insole according to claim 1 in which the upstanding flange forming the lip extending acrossthe cookie is constituted by a leather strip, a second strip of greater width than said leather strip extending over the top edge and opposite sides of said leather strip and being cemented to such edge and sides having at the lower edge of said'leather strip opposite edge portions projecting from said leather strip that constitute the lateral flanges cemented to the body portion of the insole.

4. An insole having a body portion formed of a single piece of leather extending throughout the entire extent of the insole and-defining the thickness of the insole throughout such extent, which body portion comprises a cookie integral therewith and joined thereto for the entire thickness of said piece of leather, a welt-and-upperattaching-lip integral with said body portion extending from adjacent the forward end of the.

heel portion at the outside edge portion of the insole about the toe portion and terminating at the shank portion forward of the cookie at the inside edge portion of the insole, an elongated strip of inverted T-shaped transverse cross-sec tion extending from the end of said lip at, the inside edge portion of the insole across the portion of the insole at the base of the cookie to adjacent the forward end of the heel portion, which strip presents an upstanding flange constituting a,v welt-and-upper-attaching-lip forming a continuation .of the first mentioned lip and presents at the lower edge of said flange oppo.--

sitely. projecting lateral flanges resting on said body portion, said lateral flanges being cemented to said body portion for rigidlysecuring said strip thereto, and a stiffening sheet extending over and cemented to said cookie and over and to that lateral flange and that side of said upstanding flange which are adjacent said cookie for stiffening said upstanding flange and cookie and the connection of the cookie to the shank portion and for further securing'said strip to saidbody portion.

5. An insole having a body portion formed of a single piece of leather extending throughout the entire extent of the insole and'defining the thickness of the insole throughout such extent, which body portion comprises a cookie integral therewith and joined thereto for thev entire thickness of said piece of leather, a welt-and-upper attaching-lip integral with said body portion extending from adjacent the forward end of the heel portion at the outside edge portion of the insole about the toe portion and terminating at the shank portion forward of the cookie at the ing a continuation of the first mentioned lip andv presents at the lower edge of said flange opposite- 1y projecting lateral flangesresting on said body 5 portion, 'said lateral flanges being cemented to said body portion for rigidly securing said strip thereto, a stiffening sheet extending over and cemented to said cookie and over and to that lateral flange and that side of said upstanding flange which are adjacent said cookie for stiffen ing said upstanding flange and cookie and the connection of the cookie to the shank portion and for further securing said strip to said body portion, and a textile sheet extending over and cemented to the shank portion and over and to that lateral flange and that side of said upstanding flange which are adjacent said shank portion for still further stiffening said upstanding flange and still further securing said strip to said body portion.

PERLEY G. FLINT. JOHN J. MAGUIRE.

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